Chest pain in daily practice: Occurrence, causes and management - The TOPIC study

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 138, Issue 23-24, 2008, Pages 340-347

  Verdon, François ^a   Herzig, Lilli ^a   Burnand, Bernard ^b   Bischoff, Thomas ^a   Pécoud, Alain ^a   Junod, Michel ^a   Mühlemann, Nicole ^a   Favraf, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Epidemiology; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEST WALL SYNDROME; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MUSCULOSKELETAL CHEST PAIN; NEOPLASM; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOGENIC PAIN; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SWITZERLAND; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 46049089203     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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